Conversion Surgery for Unresectable Advanced Gastric Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Authors
Category Systematic review
JournalCancer investigation
Year 2019
For patients with unresectable advanced gastric cancer, induction chemotherapy could down-stage primary tumors, resulting in conversion surgery becoming possible. However, the feasibility and therapeutic benefit of conversion surgery remains controversial. Therefore, this meta-analysis aimed to systematically review and investigate the efficacy of conversion surgery followed by chemotherapy for unresectable AGC.
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First added on: Jan 13, 2019